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England U20 coach Eastick upset after 0-0 World Cup opener against North Korea

England have opened their World Cup U20 campaign with a 0-0 draw against North Korea.

They should have scored at least three against the Asian champions but Sunderland's Billy Knott missed a hat-trick of chances, including two point-blank headers.

England now face Mexico and six-time World Under-20 champions Argentina in their final two group games.

"I think we lost two points today," admitted coach Brian Eastick after the game to theFA.com.

"The first-half performance was very good as a team, but I thought Korea came into the game in the second half.

"We managed to finish strongly again, but for a team which was only been put together two weeks ago, I thought the performance was very good.

"We had the best chance in the first half, there's no doubt about it and we had done enough to be ahead at half time but that's international football for you, you have to take your chances when they come.

"When you dominate the amount of possession that we did and create three or four good chances, any coach will tell you that you're thinking the other team might create one chance and score.

"We were wary of that in the second half because of their strength, so we missed the chance to get our noses in front in the first half and it just wasn't to be in the end.

"The players in the dressing room are very disappointed that we haven't won the game."

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